Hair-curling device



Sept. 29, 1925. 1,555,459

'r. F. COONEY HAIR CURLING DEVI GE Filed Jan. 1925 IN? EN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

. fatented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNETED STATES PATENT G THOMAS E. COONEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HAIR-(FUELING DEVICE.

Application filed January 26, 1925. Serial No. 4,734.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F.

CooNnr,

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and This invention relates to in hair curling devices, and object to use the same.

an improvement has as its special provide means whereby an equal amount of hair is enclosed within the crimping member, thus insuring and avoiding shearing 0r aging the ham a uniform wave otherwise 'dam- The novelty of construction and advantage of the device will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 3 is a plan view fully opened- 1 represents a plan View of the imclosed position 2 is a side elevation of the device of the device Figure 4: is a side elevation of the device fully opened and engaged hair, and

with a strand of Figure 5 is an enlarged broken view of the loop end of the supporting frame.

A skeleton construction of flat wire com prising the parallel side bars 1, 2, merging into the loop 3 at one end, in the apertured ears 4:, 5 end, constitutes the frame and terminating at the opposite portion adapted to support the crimper comprising a slngle metal strip having the central loop 6 and the diverging arms 7 and 8.

These arms are closed near the loop 6 and are located, at such closed point, between the ears 4, 5, of the frame,

and are pivotally supported on the connecting pin or rivet 9.

When the device is in open position, shown in Figure 3, the divergent arms 7, S, are inserted into the hair 13 to gather a certain amount therebetween, as shown in Figure 4. to bring the arms near gathered strand -of hair curling the same. the device is then rotated of hair is closely wound The ends of the bars are The device is then carried down the end of the in readiness for By means of the frame,

until the strand about the bars. then brought together and inserted between the neck 10 of the frame and are held in such position against accidental displacement by the projections 11 engaging the elongated opening 12 near the ends of the bars.

W hen the device is closed, either empty or engaged with the hair, the loop 3 of the crimper and 6 of the frame lie opposite each other in the same plane, and will thus furnish means for applying the necessary leverage to release locked position, as shown in Figure 2. The loop 3 of the frame is firmly held by one hand, while with the other hand, su'l'licient downward pressure is applied to the loop 3 to efiect such release.

Making the crimping member of the device of a single metal strip, will always insure its arms being rigidly held in opposite relation to each other, and thus avoid shearing or otherwise injuring the hair, which would be very liable to occur if individual arms were employed, each having an independent vertical movement on its pivotal support. lVith such a construction, it would be difficult to insert the arms into the hair without displacing their opposed relation, which would not only prevent their gathering an equal amount of hair at each insertion, but the pressure of the winding curls about the arms would tend to bring them again opposed to each other and produce a shearing effect on the hair, besides, one of the arms would be liable to remain in its closed position, while the other is released, thus making it difficult to extract the arms without unrolling the hair.

With the single element crimper, its arms are always opposed to each other, and when laterally separated a predetermined distance, an equal amount of hair is gathered at each insertion of its arms, which are as readily inserted and withdrawn as an ordinary hair pin, and without injury to the hair or displacement of the curls.

Having thus described my what I claim is 1. In a hair curling device of the character described, comprising a hair crimping member made of a single metal strip folded upon itself to form opposed arms and a loop formed at the center of the strip, and a support pivoted to the crimping member in advance of the loop.

2. In a hair curling device of the character described, comprising a hair crimping invention the closed bars from their and adapted to be enclosed Within the frame to bring said central loop outside of the frame and in the same plane With the loop of the frame.

"In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS F. COONEY. 

